The Banking Fundamentals

Learn about money, (central) banks and financial markets: participants, products, trading motives, pricing and structure

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.4

- Improve you skills to work in the finance industry
- Understand financial products and the language of finance
- Identify the 3 types of money and how banks create money

What you'll learn

Improve you skills to work in the finance industry
Understand financial products and the language of finance
Identify the 3 types of money and how banks create money
You will learn what different types of banks do and how they make money
Overview of the 3 financial product categories to trade capital
foreign currencies and risk
Understand the emotions that drive Risk Management
The different types of derivative products and why they are traded in high volumes
Know the root of the 2008 financial crisis and how it can be prevented
Know how
why and by whom products are traded on financial markets
What is the role of Central Banks and their influence
How money is created
Overview of the payment prcoess

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Description

  • Improve you skills to work in the finance industry
  • Understand financial products and the language of finance
  • Identify the 3 types of money and how banks create money
  • You will learn what different types of banks do and how they make money
  • Overview of the 3 financial product categories to trade capital, foreign currencies and risk
  • Understand the emotions that drive Risk Management
  • The different types of derivative products and why they are traded in high volumes
  • Know the root of the 2008 financial crisis and how it can be prevented
  • Know how, why and by whom products are traded on financial markets
  • What is the role of Central Banks and their influence
  • How money is created
  • Overview of the payment prcoess

Course content

6 sections • 34 lectures

Introduction and Structure Preview 01:15

After reading this booklet you will understand the fundamentals of the banking industry. Also it supports participants of my other training programmes and workshops.

The 4 functions of money explained Preview 04:26

Creation and types of money Preview 07:45

This short video explains the three different types of money and who can create money. Also you will learn about the money multiplier and liquidity reserve. Source of this video: http://positivemoney.org/videos/

Video Money Functions Preview 10:32

Conditions for Accepting money - The Central Bank Preview 01:13

ECB Inflation and Deflation Preview 08:17

Introduction Bank Core Activities Preview 00:30

Core Activity Transformation Preview 00:41

Core Activity: Intermediation Preview 01:29

Core Activity: Payments Preview 02:12

Overview of Payment process Preview 08:58

This short video gives you an overview of the payment process. You will learn about the role of Central Banks and how banks settle payments. Source of this video: http://positivemoney.org/videos/

Example of a credit card payment Preview 11:40

This video gives an example of credit card payment. This video is created by the Kahn Academy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPxQQNyCxas)

Core Activity: Proprietary Trading Preview 01:22

Bank Income sources Preview 00:51

Introduction to Bank Types Preview 01:24

Retail Banks Preview 03:09

Private Banks Preview 00:40

Wholesale Banks Preview 02:14

Investment Banks Preview 02:50

Commercial Banks - Too Big to Fail (System Banks) Preview 01:28

Shadow Banks and Other Financial Institutions (OFI) Preview 03:30

Bank of International Settlements (BIS) Preview 01:15

Central Banks Preview 01:39

FINANCIAL MARKETS INTRODUCTION Preview 01:01

Program Financial Markets Section Preview 02:02

Fiancial Markets Activities: Supply and Demand of Capital Preview 08:34

Financial Markets Product Category: Supply and Demand of Foreign Currencies Preview 03:12

Fiancial Markets Activities: Supply and Demand of Risk by Derivatives Preview 03:48

Trade Motivations on Financial Markets by Banks Preview 03:09

The Dealing Room: What Happens and Why one Big Room? Preview 03:11

The Financial Markets Trading Place: Exchanges and Over-The-Counter Preview 04:28

Intermezzo: Exchange Trading: history and future Preview 19:10

In this film you will learn about the history of the first public financial trading: The Amsterdam Stock Exchange. It illustrates the development and future of trading..

Summary Financial Markets Preview 01:56

E-Book download: Understatnd Banks & Financial Markets Preview 42 pages

This e-book gives you a simple and structured overview of the banking sector and financial markets. This e-book contains links to useful short video's, content and other tools.